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Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee (1–4-year term)

The CME Committee is responsible for ensuring PCRS meets and/or exceeds all requirements for accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

Overall Responsibilities include:

  • Assign AMA PRA Category 1 credit to individual educational activities in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support and Accreditation Criteria
  • Monitor educational outcomes measures for overall CME programs
  • Regularly evaluate the level to which the CME program is achieving the CME mission
  • Monitor and, as appropriate, respond to changes in the CME industry
  • Review and revise the self-study document as part of the reaccreditation process
  • Develop and recommend policy on all aspects of CME
  • Report status of committee activities at all scheduled meetings of the Board of Directors
  • Provide written materials for publication related to the activities of the committee as requested by the Communication Committee

Planning of the Annual Meeting:

  • Conduct a periodic needs assessment of the PCRS membership
  • Advise the PCRS Board of Directors on matters relating to the educational needs of the membership
  • Solicit ideas for educational programming from the membership, other organizations concerned with the treatment of reproductive disorders, other educational entities, and potential commercial supporters
  • Assist the Program Chair in identifying effective speakers
  • Serve as a resource for Best Practices in program creation
  • Provide developmental assistance to the Program Chairs in areas of educational process, types of formats which have proven successful, topics of interest for discussion, and framework
  • Working in conjunction with the program chairs, president, and executive staff, design a comprehensive series of educational activities for the annual meeting, which fits within the interests of the membership, as expressed in membership surveys and Annual Meeting Evaluations and follow up surveys
  • Review evaluation summaries of all CME activities sponsored by PCRS to determine appropriateness of program content and faculty for future activity development
  • Conduct an annual analysis and evaluation of the entire PCRS CME Program, review accomplishment of goals, and review and update the CME Mission Statement.                                                     
  • One program chair from a previous year and the current program chair(s)
  • One member of the Board of Directors, with term of two (2) years, may be re-appointed for one additional term (director or past president)
  • Three At-Large members who are not members of the Board. Term of office is three (3) years, may be re-appointed for one additional term.

Membership and Terms of Service:

The CME Committee shall consist of up to eight (8) members:

  • Chair, appointed by the President. (The Chair may or may not be a member of the Board of Directors) Term of office is three (3) years, may be re-appointed for one additional term

Accountability:

  • The CME/Program Committee reports to the Board of Directors
  • Regular written reports shall be presented to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors
  • The CME Committee shall meet regularly by telephone conference, and in person at the Annual Meeting.


Responsible Staff Person:

The Executive Director shall designate appropriate staff to assist the CME Committee in its work throughout the year. 


Self Evaluation Plan:

The Program Committee members shall evaluate their effectiveness by written self-study instrument on an annual basis. This evaluation shall include:

  • reliability
  • participation
  • creativity
  • communication
  • resource provision

The committee shall discuss openly the strengths and weaknesses for purposes of group development. Action plans will be created to address weaknesses.